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Date of Birth

27 April 1964, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

Nickname

Mickey
Mick

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Michael Mahonen was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.; which is a former mining town in north-eastern Ontario . Michael studied at and graduated from George Brown College in 1989. Michael is a stage, film and television actor.Special skills: College Basketball, Hockey, Stage Combat, Fencing, Skating, Juggling, Swimming, Fishing and Water-skiing. Driving standard and automatic, Skidoo, small tractors, Working at excessive heights. Skilled in accents; British (Mid-land, London) Southern US, New York, Chicago, North Irish, Irish, Finnish and Newfoundland.

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Mini Biography

Michael Mahonen was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada - a former mining town in north-eastern Ontario. He studied at and graduated from George Brown College in 1989. In 2002 he wrote a script about persecution of a spiritual group in China. The script became a movie called "Sandstorm" which Michael not only directed but was also the co-producer. "Sandstorm" has, as of January 1, 2005, won 17 awards in various film festivals around the world. Awards for "Best Film", "Best Director" and "Best of the Festival".

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Trivia

Special skills: College Basketball, Hockey, Stage Combat, Fencing, Skating, Juggling, Swimming, Fishing and Water-skiing. Driving standard and automatic, Skidoo, small tractors, Working at excessive heights. Skilled in accents; British (Mid-land, London) Southern US, New York, Chicago, North Irish, Irish, Finnish and Newfoundland.

His first work as a writer, director and co-producer, Sandstorm (2004), has won 29 awards worldwide, 11 of them for Best Picture

In 1993, he was nominated for two Gemini Awards for his leading role as Lee Cogan in Conspiracy of Silence as well as for his supporting role as Gus Pike in Road to Avonlea. He won for Conspiracy of Silence.

As of 2007, the film Sandstorm has garnered 29 awards.

His ancestry is Finnish.

Michael's ancestry is Finnish and Irish - 3/4 Finnish and 1/4 Irish, and is Canadian by birth.

Where Are They Now

(June 2001) Acting and writing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(May 2006) Acting and writing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(July 2007) Guest speaker at AvCon07 at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

(August 2005) North Bay Ontario, playing Stephano in "The Tempest" with fellow Road to Avonlea actors David Fox and Robert Collins

(July 2004) Guest speaker at AvCon04 (Avonlea Convention) at Black Creek Pioneer village in Toronto, Ontario

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